diff --git a/emulator/firmware-decomp/capture_triage.py b/emulator/firmware-decomp/capture_triage.py
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+"""Triage captures for battle-scene replay: for each capture, WITHOUT emulation,
+parse the first slice of the wire log and report (a) embedded firmware build header,
+(b) action census, (c) the init config string, (d) actions outside cap7's known-good
+set. Cheap parse-only pass to pick the best replay candidates."""
+import sys, os, struct
+sys.path.insert(0, r'C:\VWE\TeslaRel410\emulator\firmware-decomp')
+sys.path.insert(0, r'C:\VWE\TeslaRel410\dpl3-revive\patha')
+from vrboard import Assembler, A
+
+P = r'C:\VWE\TeslaRel410\dpl3-revive\patha'
+BOOT = {int(A.hspcode), int(A.code860), int(A.data860), int(A.bss860), int(A.args860)}
+
+def parse_slice(path, slice_bytes=6_000_000):
+    with open(path, 'rb') as f:
+        data = f.read(slice_bytes)
+    start = None
+    for i in range(0, len(data) - 8):
+        w = struct.unpack_from('<I', data, i)[0]
+        if (w & 0xffff0000) == 0x40ff0000 and 8 <= (w & 0xffff) <= 4096:
+            act = struct.unpack_from('<I', data, i + 4)[0]
+            if act in (A.init, A.code860, A.args860, A.data860, A.bss860):
+                start = i; break
+    if start is None:
+        return None, None
+    asm = Assembler(); asm.feed(data[start:])
+    out = []
+    for m in asm:
+        if not m.iserver:
+            out.append((int(m.action), m.payload))
+    return out, start
+
+def fw_hdr(cmds):
+    for a, pl in cmds:
+        if a == int(A.code860) and len(pl) == 40:
+            return struct.unpack_from('<7I', pl, 0)
+    return None
+
+def name(a):
+    try: return A(a).name
+    except Exception: return 'act%d' % a
+
+# build cap7's reference action set first
+ref_cmds, _ = parse_slice(os.path.join(P, 'cap7.raw.bin'))
+ref_set = set(a for a, _ in ref_cmds if a not in BOOT)
+print("cap7 reference actions:", sorted(name(a) for a in ref_set))
+print("=" * 100)
+
+CAPS = ['ravtest', 'solo1', 'batest', 'cap6', 'cap8', 'capture', 'sdemo4', 'sdemo5',
+        'munga7', 'fxtest', 'glblade', 'trek', 'klngvid', 'dtest', 'duane', 'bt3',
+        'fishspls', 'sharksval', 'blade']
+import collections
+for cap in CAPS:
+    path = os.path.join(P, cap + '.raw.bin')
+    if not os.path.exists(path) or os.path.getsize(path) == 0:
+        continue
+    try:
+        cmds, start = parse_slice(path)
+        if not cmds:
+            print("%-12s UNPARSEABLE" % cap); continue
+        h = fw_hdr(cmds)
+        fw = ("fw:text=%#x" % h[0]) if h else "fw:none-in-slice"
+        census = collections.Counter(a for a, _ in cmds if a not in BOOT)
+        extra = set(census) - ref_set
+        draws = census.get(int(A.draw_scene), 0)
+        # init config string
+        cfg = ""
+        for a, pl in cmds:
+            if a == int(A.init) and pl:
+                cfg = pl.split(b'\0')[0][:90].decode('latin1', 'replace')
+                break
+        print("%-12s %8dB  %s  cmds:%d draws:%d" %
+              (cap, os.path.getsize(path), fw, len(cmds), draws))
+        print("             actions: %s" % {name(a): n for a, n in census.most_common(10)})
+        if extra:
+            print("             EXTRA (not in cap7): %s" % sorted(name(a) for a in extra))
+        if cfg:
+            print("             init: %s" % cfg)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("%-12s ERR %s" % (cap, e))